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out for your career. Nobody
else is going to look out for
your interests. That is your job,"
Mandala said.
Karen Raskopf, '76, the cur-
rent Senior Vice President of
Corporate Communications
for Blockbuster Inc., stressed
the need for students to begin
making contacts. "It's called
old fashioned networking. Start
calling people, ask them ques-
tions, go home over Thanksgiv-
ing and talk with your parent's
friends. Call a company and ask
them who you can speak with,
let them know you're interested,"
she advised.
"Use the UD network, use
the UD alumni office. Use the
alumni. If you come to New
York, call me," said Michelle
Eliseo, '90, Vice President at
Thomas Financial.
A reception and happy hour
followed the panels. Students
met the panelists and asked
them questions. The students
all seemed impressed and en-
couraged by what the panelists
had to say.
"The panel was extremely
informative and provided in-
formation on the wealth of
opportunity that awaits UD
graduates," senior Nick Tam-
maro commented following the
panels.
"The panelists gave me hope
that I can find a job and succeed
in it even though it is not specifi-
cally related to my major," senior
Matt Jura explained.
The students were all asked
to fill out evaluation forms that
asked for feedback for future
panels and suggested the pos-
sibility of another panel next
semester.
S&me lAXrrcU o^wkcLmt:
your career is going to
take so much of your fife and
your time ana you reaCCy
nave to Be passionate and'
Cove what you do."
- Mark Cjrayson '87
"It's so important that
you expect to flounder a
littCe bit. 'That's normaC
and tha t's good. I wasn't
happy until I stopped writ-
ing a resume to fit the job
and I wrote a resume that
fit me."
- Jessica MandaCa '98
"I am so gCadI went to
the University of 'DaCCas. I
think it's much Better to go
figure out who you are and
what you Cove, and just Cove
the c(assies."
- JCaren'Raskopf '76
"\)ou've done more than
you think you've done. you'CC
Be amazed when you. see
what you've accomplished
thus far in your Cife."
- .'Karen 'Raskopf'76
UD seniors to compete in Ethics Match 2005
by Monica Tomutsa
STAiT WRITER
Four UD seniors will
compete against 17 other
small private Texas colleges
and universities in the Ethics
Match 2005 sponsored by the
Texas Independent College Fund
(TICF), Friday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the Renaissance
Worthington Hotel in Fort
Worth.
According to the press
release, the match is an
opportunity for students to
display their reasoning skills
while debating current issues
with other students. The debaters
will focus on 12 case studies
about ethics in business with
eight to be provided to the
students beforehand. Topics will
include drug-marketing, insider
trading, truth in advertising,
accepting gifts, competitive bids,
employee theft, HR practices,
and sales practices.
Dr. Louis C. Gasper,
associate business professor,
is the faculty advisor for the
team—all former students of
his—Kateri Collins, Logan
Raney, Lexie Morrow, and Eli
Danze.
The theme of the debates,
Consilium Virtusque (Reason
with Honor), was derived
from the guiding philosophy
that thoughtful discussion and
reasoned argument are the
cornerstones of a liberal arts
education, James R. Dublin,
volunteer chainnan of the TICF
board and chairman and CEO of
Dublin & Associates, Inc., a San
Antonio-based PR firm, said.
According to Danze,
UD team-members have an
advantage over the other liberal
arts schools. '"The UD education,
by itself, gives everyone the
confidence and independent
thinking skills to believe and live
virtuous, moral lives. Each case
is different and each one requires
diverse actions and decisions.
With no set official thesis, we
are attempting to find one virtue
in every case: justice, prudence,
fortitude, and temperance,"
Danze said.
Danze, as a business
major, was drawn to compete
since he feels very strongly about
corporate ethics.
"Business practices need
strong-willed, virtuous people,
and companies seek these
individuals to lead others in
the right path. In addition, this
debate competition gives us
business majors great experience
in making difficult decisions,"
Danze said, "I feel that this
competition should provide me
with good contacts in companies
looking for a person of solid
beliefs and an innate sense of
responsibility to be part of an
ethics team."
In addition to building
contacts and debating skills, the
competition will also strengthen
resumes.
I plan on working after
graduation, and this will look
exceptional on my resume,
Raney said.
Participating universities
include Concordia, East Texas
Baptist, Houston Baptist,
Howard Payne, LeTourneau,
Our Lady of the Lake, Schreiner,
Southwestern Adventist,
Southwestern Assemblies of
God, Southwestern, St. Edward's,
Texas Lutheran, Texas Wesleyan,
Mary Hardin-Baylor, Incarnate
Word, and Wayland Baptist.
The three or four member
teams will compete in four
rounds of hour-long debates
evaluated by three judges. Cash
prizes, plaques, and medals will
be awarded to the four winning
teams.
TICF is a nonprofit
educational organization
that is open to all nonprofit,
independent two and four-year
Texas institutions accredited
by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
Founded in 1952 as a
vehicle to facilitate corporate
and foundation support of
Texas' independent colleges
and universities, TICF raises
money for scholarships
and programming for its 22
independent college/university
members and since 1952 has
distributed over $28 million.
hilean classic guitarist gives honorary performance at D
by erese Bart
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Carlqs Perez, Chilean classi-
cal guitarist, visited the Univer-
sity of Dallas to give a stirring
concert in honor of Miguel de
Cervantes. Sponsored by the
Spanish Club, the event was
attended by Spanish-speaking
students and professors, as well
as those who were entirely igno-
rant of Spanish but professed to
understand the more universal
language of music.
The concert was part of a cel-
ebration of the fourth centenary
anniversary of the publication
of the first portion of Cervantes'
Don Quixote, said junior Borja
Gutierrez. The atmosphere was
laid-back as Perez began the
concert with baroque selec-
tions written during Cervantes'
time, the late 16th and early
17th centuries. He then moved
to music of more recent com-
position, featuring composers
from many Spanish-speaking
countries, including Spain, the
Canary Islands, Argentina, and
Venezuela.
Regardless of origin or time-
of what he played was character-
istically Spanish, vigorous and
exuberant. Yet at other times, his
playing could make one's heart
suddenly catch in one's throat.
One piece, "La Cajita de
Musica," which he said imitated
a music box, particularly allowed
him to demonstrate his complete
mastery of every aspect of the
guitar — including the seemingly
impossible. Freshman Mariana
"Much of what he played was characteristi-
cally Spanish, vigorous and exuberant. Yet at
other times, his playing could make one's heart
suddenly catch in one's throat."
Carlos Perez's performance consisted of selections from
Cervantes' time period, as well as some contemporary
Spanish pieces.
period, Perez's playing was
characterized by an intense
musicality. Each phrase or note
was carefully given its own peculiar
character. His range of style was
particularly impressive. Much
Carbonell remarked that at one
point Perez was simply playing
cords without plucking and held
the instrument upright, "more
like a cello" than a guitar.
Senior Omar Garci'a-Rojas,
was very enthusiastic about Perez's
playing. "We still play like that in
my country," he said, speaking of
the Venezuelan pieces with which
Perez ended the concert. "I have
heard them often."
Elizabeth Sanchez, Spanish
professor, said the department
invited Perez to come. She had
heard that he was playing at U' i D
on Friday as he made a tour of the
United States and decided to ask
him to come to UD.
Perez grew up in Chile, where
his father introduced him to
guitar at about age five. A pic-
ture from his website shows an
enthusiastic boy of about eight,
beaming at his audience while
playing. He studied guitar at the
University of Chile and gradu-
ated with honors. He has since
appeared in more than 30 coun-
tries in the Americas and Europe
and has been hailed in numerous
reviews as a rising young star in
the classical field.
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